Fan-tailed Warbler

Overview

Fan-tailed Warbler: Small, secretive warbler, dark gray upperparts, red-brown underparts, white-tipped tail. Head has yellow throat and small crown patch, white eye crescents. Walks on the ground rather than hop. Undertail coverts are white. Short, weak flight on rapidly beating wings.

Range and Habitat

Fan-tailed Warbler: Found in Mexico south to Nicaragua, with six records from southeast Arizona. Preferred habitats include dry or low rocky stream bottoms.

INTERESTING FACTS

The Fan-tailed Warbler is sometimes placed in the genus Basileuterus, since its nest, eggs, voice, and juvenile plumage are similar. However, no Basileuterus warbler has a tail or a tawny breast like the Fan-tailed's, so it is generally kept in the monotypic genus Euthlypis.
A group of warblers has many collective nouns, including a "bouquet", "confusion", "fall", and "wrench" of warblers.

The Fan-tailed Warbler is evaluated as a Least Concern due to its population and range size. The range of the Fan-tailed Warbler is about 350,000 square kilometers. The population of this bird has not been quantified at this time. Even so, this bird is considered to be frequent within its native range. The Fan-tailed Warbler is native to North America and Central America. Due to the fact that it has a large range and is frequently seen in its native range, there is no reason to think that the population of the Fan-tailed Warbler is in danger.